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BoE honors students
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Awards given at the Bryan County school board's Nov. 20 meeting:

RHHS band, accepted by drum majors Jessica Cumbee and Jonathan Gay; RHHS All State chorus students Emerson Stephens, Jennifer Sotomayor, David Carter, Veronica Fay, Molly Messinger; RHHS National Merit commended students Glorili Alejandro, Kaitlyn Jakola, Vasily Kushakov, Tyler Mitchell, Jeffrey Wheeler; RHHS National Achievement semifinalist Taurean Butler; RHHS National Merit Hispanic scholars Kaitlyn Jakola, Glorili Alejandro; CES school bus safety poster winner Abigal Eichhorn; RHES GAEA conference artwork Sierra Byrd.

In a very special presentation, the BoE honored Richmond Hill resident Harry Brigdon for helping get the JROTC program started in Bryan County. After Superintendent Dr. Sallie Brewer and RHHS Principal Charles Spann presented Brigdon with the award, RHHS JROTC instructor Sgt. Major Charles Davis and some of the JROTC cadets came forward to shake Brigdon’s hand.

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Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer shows her Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. With her are Tom Harris, Ashlee Farris, Brett Berry and Kim Diebold. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016. - photo by Photo provided.

Three reports recently presented scholarships

Richmond Hill High School senior Jacey Shanholtzer received the Dawn Harrington Berry Spotlight Award, which was awarded by the Richmond Hill Community Theatre and includes a $500 scholarship. The award was created in memory of Dawn Harrington Berry, a long time RHCT member and president who died in 2016.

Garden Club

The Richmond Hill Garden Club recently awarded a $1,000 scholarship to Katherine Wood and a $500 scholarship to Carly Vargas, both seniors graduating from Richmond Hill High School.

The awards were presented May 8 during Honors Night at RHHS.

Wood plans to attend Green Mountain College in Vermont and major in environmental studies.

Vargas plans to attend Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville, Tennessee, to pursue a degree in either environmental studies or biology.

The garden club awards a $1,000 scholarship annually to a local high school senior who plans to major in a field related to environmental concerns, plants and/or gardening.

This year, due to having two exceptional candidates, the garden club awarded an additional $500 scholarship.

Exchange Club

The Exchange Club of Richmond Hill recently named Caroline Odom as its student of the year.

The club each month during the school year names a student of the month, and the student of the year is chosen from among those winners.

Awards are based on academic performance, community involvement and leadership.

Monthly winners receive $100, with the annual winner getting a $1,000 scholarship.

The Exchange Club has been recognizing students for more than 30 years.

Odom will go on to compete in the Georgia District Exchange Club against students from across the state.

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